Rao Satal had just succeeded his father as the Maharaja of Marwar when he heard of abduction of hundreds of girls by Gudhla Khan. Wasting no time, with select few men he rushed to confront the Khan, breaking the rule of not engaging in battle after sunset. The girls were rescued.

Gudhla was beheaded and his men put to sword. His severed head was paraded in the streets.
Satal himself succumbed to his wounds later, died an early age. He didn't live long to enjoy the worldly pleasures the throne would've brought to him but he had saved the women.

Even today, a pot drilled with holes symbolizing Gudhla's head is paraded in Marwar by young girls in a festival.
These were the men whom an ordinary Hindu could call his/her leader.

The abduction of two Sikh girls in Kashmir and the reaction of the Sikh community that even the HM who didn't paid any heed to his own party workers getting brutaIIy kiIIed in Bengal is now guaranteeing the community of the girls' safety.

The story of Satalji is not for bedtime, of the Sikhs–not for mocking their past stances. There is something to learn from our heroes of past, to emulate from our modern contemporaries; Hindus who have sold their soul to parties and netas and for whom history is just snippets.